pros and cons of the eat clean diet?

I love the eat clean diet... and I try to eat clean for the most part but going all organic is not really what is about, its more about eating things that grow in the ground or come from an animal... unprocessed junk food is obviously not a included in that and that I think that is the whole "eating clean" idea!

Eating organic isn't that expensive if you do some shopping around. In our town the local health food store has a lot of organic locally grown produce for cheaper than the chain stores. Also, just check out all the chain stores, I have a walmart, Albertsons and Safeway in my town and when my bf and I have our shopping day we go to all three because diff. items are cheaper at each store.

You don't have to eat the overpriced organic stuff. Just eat real food. Veggies, lean meat, fruits. Nothing from a package.

The real con in my opinion is prep time. Eating real food that needs to be prepared is always what keeps me from doing it more.

Eating clean doesn't have to be expensive at all.

When I think of clean eating, I take it to mean choosing whole foods (vegetables, fruit, wholegrain breads, meat if you're not veggie) and making sure, when you choose packaged foods, that you can pronounce the ingredients and there's not a bunch of chemicals involved.

Eating healthy/clean food isn't really all that expensive when you eat food in the proper portions - it all comes out in the wash.

The fact that people are actually referring to it as "the eat clean diet" is disturbing to me - they should just call it the "common sense diet".

I live i Alaska though so my options are a bit more limited, but I bet there are some frozen veggies that are just veggies

Pretty much any without a sauce should probably work. Just take a peek at the ingredients to be sure there's no hidden extras....

organic is overrated. It's mostly imported and sprayed to prevent pests from attacking it after arriving in the country, unless you buy from local farmers. However, there are no cons to clean eating. It doesn't take rocket science to realize that cutting out processed foods is pretty awesome for one's health.
Become a clean eating locavore (someone who buys and consumes locally produced goods)

I'm always a strong advocate for rinsing your fruits and vegetables before eating them.

But it's so hard....


Think the government will do it for me?

They should. I mean, can we really be expected to have to wash our own food? Next, they'll be telling us they're not putting nutrition info on restaurant menus!!! After that, it's all downhill. I'll have to start brushing my own teeth all by myself.

Please tell me I'm not going to have to start wiping my own *kitten*. That would be teh suck.

I like to practice the 5 second rule.

I don't find eating clean to be very expensive. I buy organic produce and shop from the bins for legumes and grains.


You don't have to buy organic to be successful with your weight loss.

I love the eat clean diet... and I try to eat clean for the most part but going all organic is not really what is about, its more about eating things that grow in the ground or come from an animal... unprocessed junk food is obviously not a included in that and that I think that is the whole "eating clean" idea!

This ^

I do it too. I love how I feel. More energy, good sleep, I don't need coffee anymore to "wake up." My hair and nails look better. I don't do it for weight though, I do it because I have kids and I don't want them eating chemical garbage so I don't even buy it. I had one cold in a year (prior to clean eating I was sick every month.) I also like to support organic companies. No GMOs. Win for us all around. Slightly higher prices but it evens out with never having any doctor appointments.